Shopify Inc.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PROTECTING RECIPIENT PRIVACY

Abstract:

Disclosed are systems and methods for facilitating gift purchases by a buyer on an e-commerce platform when the buyer does not know a recipient's destination address without revealing the recipient's destination address to the buyer. A computer receives information for a recipient of an online order associated with a merchant for delivery to the recipient. The computer queries a database using the recipient information to obtain the recipient's destination address. The computer generates a token corresponding to the destination address, where the token includes an obfuscated representation of the destination address. The computer transmits the token to a client device for submission of the online order for delivery to the recipient, where the token is adapted to satisfy a requirement to provide the destination address for the online order. When the computer receives the token from a merchant device, the computer presents the destination address to the merchant device.